The French and Indian Wars: New France's Situational Indian Policies During the Fox and Natchez Conflicts, 1701-1732

<p>This research examines the often-glorified relationship between New France and the American Indians with which that empire came into contact in North America, focusing primarily on the conflicting policies seen during the Fox Wars and the Natchez Wars. Many recent histories of New France, including Richard White's seminal study The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires and Republics, 1650-1815, focus primarily on the lands surrounding the Great Lakes. These histories champion a French Indian policy that was dominated by the fur trade and illustrated by the outbreak of the Fox Wars in 1712. However, New France's Indian policy was not always dictated by the vast and powerful fur trade. Once the French reached the Gulf of Mexico and began settling in the Deep South, priorities changed, and an often-overlooked chapter of colonial French history began. </p> <p>Much of the primary research on the Natchez Indians was performed by looking exhaustively though the letters, decrees and memoirs written in The Mississippi Provincial Archives: French Dominion Volumes II, III and IV. Antoine-Simon Le Page du Pratz's L'Histoire de la Louisiane also proved to be an invaluable primary resource during the process. When dealing with the Upper Country, much of my research focused on the primary source smorgasbord presented online by the Wisconsin Historical Collections and the Michigan Pioneers and Historical Collections. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Master's

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Grantor dc:publisher

Eastern Kentucky University

Year

2012

Author dc:creator

• Fohl, Stephen Jay

• Canada
• Fox
• French
• Louisiana
• Natchez
• Indigenous Studies
• United States History

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2012 Stephen Jay Fohl

Repository record dc:identifier

https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/125

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:encompass.eku.edu:etd-1124